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Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports, Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports When you are installing Adaptec DuraLAN NICs, it is a good idea to document where each port physically resides in the server, especially when two or more identical NICs exist. This is important because ports are identified by generic port names. Port names are assigned to ports in the order that the system scans these ports at boot time. Consequently, whenever you physically rearrange the network cards, the port names change as well. Note: Windows 2000 currently does not support SNMP. Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports General Port Configuration in Windows OSs Windows 2000, which includes a GUI, supports dynamic unload/reload of drivers. Driver updates no longer require a system reboot. Windows XP makes use of the same GUI used for Windows 2000- with enhanceents included for Windows XP. For each group of NICs, configure the property values (Connection Types, Transmit Checksum Offload, Receive Buffers, Receive Checksum Offload, and Scatter Gather) to be the same. For example, within a group, do not set up one NIC with the connection type as Autodetect and the other NIC's connection type as 100 Mbps. If you make changes to a group, be sure that all NICs within the group have the same values. Standalone, Failover, Port Aggregation, and FEC can be configured in mixed groups. For example, one NIC can be set up as Standalone, another group (two NICs) can be set up as Failover, and another group of NICs can be set up as Port Aggregation. A total number of 12 ports is supported for all configurations combined- with the exception of FEC, where a four-port maximum is allowed. Note: Only two or four ports can be configured with Cisco's FEC. 4-2

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Note on DuraLAN NIC Ports
When you are installing Adaptec DuraLAN NICs, it is a good idea
to document where each port physically resides in the server,
especially when two or more identical NICs exist. This is important
because ports are identified by generic port names.
Port names are assigned to ports in the order that the system scans
these ports at boot time. Consequently, whenever you physically
rearrange the network cards, the port names change as well.
Note:
Windows 2000 currently does not support SNMP.
Configuring the Standalone Driver Ports
General Port Configuration in Windows OSs
Windows 2000, which includes a GUI, supports dynamic
unload/reload of drivers. Driver updates no longer require a
system reboot.
Windows XP makes use of the same GUI used for Windows 2000—
with enhanceents included for Windows XP.
For each group of NICs, configure the property values (Connection
Types, Transmit Checksum Offload, Receive Buffers, Receive
Checksum Offload, and Scatter Gather) to be the same. For
example, within a group, do not set up one NIC with the
connection type as
Autodetect
and the other NIC’s connection type
as
100 Mbps
. If you make changes to a group, be sure that all NICs
within the group have the same values.
Standalone, Failover, Port Aggregation, and FEC can be configured
in mixed groups. For example, one NIC can be set up as Stand-
alone, another group (two NICs) can be set up as Failover, and
another group of NICs can be set up as Port Aggregation. A total
number of 12 ports is supported for all configurations combined—
with the exception of FEC, where a four-port maximum is allowed.
Note:
Only two or four ports can be configured with Cisco’s
FEC.